Annie shanley



(No Model.)

A. SHANLEY.

DEVICE FOR RENOVATING GARMENTS.

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WITNBSSES:

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE SHANLEY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR RENOVATING GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,791, dated February15, 1887.

Application filed April 15, 1886. Serial No. 198,903. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ANNIE SHANLEY, ofthe city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Device for Renovating VelvetGarments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a practical device whereby thesleeves and shoulders of velvet or other plush garments may be renovatedor revived by the appication of heat without ripping or removing thesleeves from the. body of the garment; and the invention consists of theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part oi"this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a view showing` the support or standard having thesleeve-heating shell and heating-core applied thereto. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of the sleeveheater and heating-coreplaced in-the shell.

u Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of the sanne, taken on the linea r oi4` Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form ofstandard or support; and Fig. 5 is a sectional View of the heating-shellprovided with a gaspipe for heating the shell by gas.

A represents the standard, B the heatingshell, O the heating-core, and Dthe gas-pipe fitted in the shell for heating the same when the core O isnot to be used.

The shell B is by preference made of castiron or other metal, and inslightly-tapered form, and it is slightly curved to iit the sleeve of agarment, and is `made full and curved at a to fit the shoulder at or alittle above the shoulder-seam of the garment; and upon the shell isplaced a covering, preferablyT consisting of a layer, Z1, of asbestusand an outer covering, c, of felt or other fabric, so the garment willnot be scorched or otherwise injured by heat.

The core O is also, by preference, of cast metal shaped to fit theinterior of the shell B, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, and at itsupper end itis formed in this instance with a neck and ball, d, forattaching it by means of the ball-socket d to the standard A. Thisball-and-socket connection of the heater to the standard enables theheater to be turned to any desired position relative to the standard,and for locking the heater at any position at which it may be placed Iprovide the standard with a set-screw, arranged toact against the ball,so thatby simply turning the screw against the ball the heater will belocked and prevented from turning out of place.

The standard A is formed with rounded shouldersg g, to iit the shouldersof a garment, and each shoulder y is formed with a socket, d', and therewill be two heaters, rights and lefts, to lit both sleeves of a garment.The standard shown in Fig. 4 is concaved in front in line with the coreC, to permit the core to be removed from and replaced in the shellwithout detaching the shell from the standard, and with this form ofstandard the shell B', instead ot' the core, will be formed with theball d, so the con n ectiou of the heater to the Standard will be by theshell, and not` by the core, as in Fig. l.

In use the core C will be removed from the shell B and heated, and thenreplaced in the shell, and the whole connected to the standard A, andthe sleeve of the garment to be `renovated will be drawn upon theheaterand properly manipulated to revive the velvet, which can besatisfactorily done without ripping the sleeve or removing it from thebody of the garment.

-In case the core is not used, the shell B will be provided upon itsinside with a tube, D, preferably perforated, to which gas is suppliedby a rubber tube, II, so that by turning ing on the gas and lighting itthe shell may thus be heated in a very practical and satisfactorymanner; but where gas is not attainable I shall use the core C, and tofacilitate the withdrawal of the core from the shell I form theshell atits lower end with the eye e, and the core with the eye e at its upperor larger end, so that a hook or other device may be inserted i n theseeyes and the core removed without grasping it or the shell with thehands.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

The standard A, formed with the openings d', and provided with theset-screws f, in combination with the sleeve-heater provided with aball, d, substantially as and for the purposes described. x

I ANNIE SHANLEY.

Vitnesses:

` LEE MAY,

H. A. WEST.

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